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Sunil Kumar

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A versatile and multifaceted personality, Sunil Kumar is a postgraduate from the University of Westminster, London. In creative terms his achievements span multiple fields.

His book 'Existential Angst'(Jaico,1999), an anthology of poetry is catalogued in the British Council Sussex, the US South Asian Literature List and is available on Amazon.Critics have praised it as philosophical and thought provoking. He has also authored Surreal City(2012), a work of fiction and a poignant tale spanning generations that takes readers on a journey through time and space. The noted poet Nissim Ezekiel made him a member of the P. E. N. ( India) chapter at a very young age. Contributed a short story to Indica's 'Shared Roots' Anthology based on the millenni ...more

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Average rating: 4.4 · 10 ratings · 5 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Shared Roots: Tales from the Indosphere by Ratul Chakraborty (Goodreads Author) (Curator), Srivalli Rekha (Semi-Hiatus) (Goodreads Author), Kavita Krishna Meegama 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surreal City 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existential Angst it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Stone and the Flesh is inspired by my trip to Hampi in 2020. Walking in the ruins of what was at the time one of the biggest cities on the planet, I met a very warm Italian who greeted me cordially. Other inspirational elements include Al Pacino from the Godfather and Scarface. Italian classmates in London, and an Irishman who became a friend in Jaipur m Read more of this blog post »

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Sunil Kumar has read Project Omega: The Future of Life in the Solar System by Subhash Kak Kak	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read Tantra: Theory and Practice with Gavin Flood: The historical context, the Saiva Siddhanta, Kashmir Saivism and the Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) (Hindu Scholars) by Wise Studies	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar shared a quote “[Consider the following verse: This used to loosen my belt and untie the knot holding up my skirt, and fondle my heavy breasts and touch my navel and thighs and mound—this very hand.369 The wife of Bhurishravas addresses these words to her husband, lying dead on the battlefield, when she catches sight of his severed hand. Here, the recollection of a former state of affairs, though a component of the erotic rasa, does not conflict with the tragic but enhances it. An example of [2]: The bites and nail wounds on your body, left by the lioness in her lust for blood [or: in her passion for you] and your hair everywhere stiffening with pleasure— even the monks observe all this with longing.370 Here, the bites and the rest on the Buddha’s body are described as being as wonderful as those on a lover’s; and just as a susceptible bystander might observe the lover and long for such an experience himself, so do the monks when they see the Buddha’s wounds. Here a comparison is intended between the two ras ...more Sheldon Pollock
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Sunil Kumar has read MAANAS - Patterns of Human Mind by Gulab Kothari	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar shared a quote “It can also be the rasa in the author that corresponds to the seed in the simile, the author being in this identical with the audience; this is why Anandavardhana has said, “If a poet is filled with passion, the whole world of his poem will consist of rasa”;217 the literary work would then correspond to the tree, with the various actions of the actor, his registers of acting, corresponding to the flowers and the like, and the savoring of rasa on the part of the audience to the fruit. Thereby the whole world consists of rasa.218…219 Hence, the gist of this discourse is that all three positions can somehow be accommodated, depending on the particular perspective one adopts.” Sheldon Pollock
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Sunil Kumar has read Ram: The Student (Penguin Petit) by Devdutt Pattanaik (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar rated a book really liked it The Advaita of Art by Harsha V. Dehejia	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read Advaita of Art by Harsha V. Dehejia & Kapila Vatsyayan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read Ghosted: Delhi's Haunted Monuments by Eric Chopra	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sunil Kumar has read The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from a Classical Tamil Anthology (Oxford India Paperbacks) by A.K. Ramanujan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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